Backend Performance Engineer - Load & Scale (Golang)

TEKsystems; Provo (UT); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Performance Test Engineer for a contract role based in Provo, UT, focusing on load, stress, and performance testing for a major Discover platform handling 200M+ documents weekly. The position is hybrid and embeds within Agile teams in a dynamic engineering environment.

Responsibilities include designing test strategies, building reusable frameworks, identifying bottlenecks, and delivering actionable recommendations to leadership to ensure production readiness during

Qualifications

• Proven ability to design and execute load, stress and performance tests.
• Ability to quantify platform capacity and readiness.
• Strong communication with engineering leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute load, stress and performance tests.
• Identify system bottlenecks and scalability constraints.
• Quantify platform capacity and readiness.
• Build reusable performance-testing frameworks and tooling.
• Deliver reporting and recommendations to engineering leadership.
• Support migration readiness efforts.

Skills

Golang

Load testing

Stress testing

Performance testing

Identify scalability

Constraints

Communication

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Performance Test Engineer for a contract role based in Provo, UT, focusing on load, stress, and performance testing for a major Discover platform handling 200M+ documents weekly. The position is hybrid and embeds within Agile teams in a dynamic engineering environment.

Responsibilities include designing test strategies, building reusable frameworks, identifying bottlenecks, and delivering actionable recommendations to leadership to ensure production readiness during